Assistant Professor Charles Miller (Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Technologies) was awarded Best Paper at the 2009 AACE ELearn international conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, on October 28 for his research titled "Role-Based Design: Rethinking Creativity and Innovation in Instructional Design." Along with presenting an improvement to current practice in the field, the goal of the paper and presentation was to stimulate discussion about the contemporary role of designers and the nature of the instructional design process. Dr. Miller's co-authors included Brad Hokanson (UMN School of Design) and Simon Hooper (Penn State Instructional Systems).